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City eyeing two locations for rushed BMX track - Medicine Hat NewsMedicine Hat News

0% property tax hike made official - Medicine Hat NewsMedicine Hat News

0% property tax hike made official Poll Yes, this is enough There will be no general change in municipal property tax rates for Medicine Hat this year as council approved a plan to use $832,000 more in reserve spending to make up for assessment values that were hammered by the COVID pandemic. That amount relates decreasing value of hotel business in mid 2020, and outweighed gains in new construction, and would have required an elevated rate, though council had long signalled they wanted a second year of no tax increase. “We are providing a zero,” said Mayor Ted Clugston. “Other municipalities are starting to (provide zeros), but I’m not sure how many have done it two years in a row, so I’m quite proud.”

More restrictions likely, one way or another - Medicine Hat NewsMedicine Hat News

N. Railway day shelter gets city's OK - Medicine Hat NewsMedicine Hat News

The municipal planning commission has approved a permit application to allow a daytime homeless shelter to operate in a storefront on N. Railway Street, which was formerly the Mustard Seed and Champions Centre. The permit is good until the end of September. NEWS PHOTO COLLIN GALLANT A daytime homeless shelter will be allowed to set up on N. Railway Street storefront after Medicine Hat’s municipal planning commission was presented Wednesday with a plan to mitigate concerns brought up by neighbouring business That includes a staffing plan, a security guard for at least the first month of operation, an outline of capacity limits and a communications plan with neighbours and police, who say they’ll put a focus on the area.

Council struggles with touchy downtown issue - Medicine Hat NewsMedicine Hat News